General Skills Statistics

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 13 Jul 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Social Skills	1	No change0	£50,000	-	17,348 17.57%	8,312
Finance	3	Down -1 place-1	£67,500	-	12,987 13.15%	7,453
Analytical Skills	27	Down -18 places-18	£54,150	-1.54%	5,064 5.13%	3,654
Marketing	36	Down -14 places-14	£47,500	-3.33%	4,215 4.27%	2,712
Public Sector	39	Up 33 places+33	£60,000	-	3,788 3.84%	1,704
Manufacturing	45	Down -19 places-19	£49,500	-1.00%	3,301 3.34%	1,322
Retail	48	Down -15 places-15	£52,500	+16.66%	3,082 3.12%	1,620
Law	55	Down -24 places-24	£60,000	+14.28%	2,704 2.74%	1,751
Inclusion and Diversity	61	Down -42 places-42	£55,000	-	2,573 2.61%	2,209
Legal	67	Down -6 places-6	£60,000	+4.34%	2,416 2.45%	1,677
Organisational Skills	93	Up 18 places+18	£37,500	-1.31%	1,926 1.95%	1,133
Banking	97	Down -60 places-60	£82,500	-	1,843 1.87%	1,324
Games	122	Up 87 places+87	£50,000	+11.11%	1,567 1.59%	372
Telecoms	123	Up 1 place+1	£45,000	+5.88%	1,560 1.58%	785
Electronics	162	Down -107 places-107	£52,500	-4.54%	1,239 1.25%	437
Aerospace	179	Up 129 places+129	£55,000	+2.32%	1,127 1.14%	699
Influencing Skills	194	Up 51 places+51	£70,000	+7.69%	1,048 1.06%	759
Automotive	213	Up 101 places+101	£50,000	-	926 0.94%	332
Presentation Skills	223	Down -98 places-98	£55,000	-8.33%	890 0.90%	778
Advertising	271	Down -66 places-66	£50,000	-	729 0.74%	329
Local Government	303	Up 61 places+61	£52,000	+2.79%	633 0.64%	298
Pharmaceutical	332	Up 22 places+22	£55,000	+10.00%	570 0.58%	250
Documentation Skills	370	Up 21 places+21	£52,500	-4.54%	490 0.50%	201
Back Office	395	Up 32 places+32	£55,000	-21.42%	447 0.45%	149
Financial Institution	399	Down -132 places-132	£85,000	+3.03%	441 0.45%	363
Military	401	Down -30 places-30	£42,500	-15.00%	439 0.44%	279
Aviation	422	Up 76 places+76	£65,000	+30.00%	402 0.41%	116
Billing	431	Up 20 places+20	£45,000	+5.88%	384 0.39%	225
Front Office	458	Down -254 places-254	£100,000	-13.04%	346 0.35%	203
French Language	516	Down -121 places-121	£45,000	+12.50%	263 0.27%	104
German Language	518	Down -147 places-147	£40,000	+10.34%	261 0.26%	151
Health Technology	536	Down -5 places-5	£60,000	-7.69%	240 0.24%	97
Multimedia	537	Up 84 places+84	£30,500	-15.27%	239 0.24%	348
Legal Technology	555	Up 25 places+25	£75,000	+15.38%	221 0.22%	106
Investment Banking	596	Down -278 places-278	£105,000	-6.66%	179 0.18%	209
Publishing	597	Down -96 places-96	£50,000	-21.87%	178 0.18%	115
Social Housing	609	Up 40 places+40	£55,000	+10.00%	165 0.17%	33
Spanish Language	638	Down -10 places-10	£54,000	+2.85%	136 0.14%	69
Agriculture	647	Down -35 places-35	£45,000	-18.18%	127 0.13%	31
Fire and Rescue	659	Down -19 places-19	£55,000	+22.22%	115 0.12%	48
Tech for Good	667	Down -115 places-115	£66,250	+3.51%	107 0.11%	37
Police	671	Down -102 places-102	£58,728	+19.51%	103 0.10%	94
Digital Health	671	Down -45 places-45	£52,500	-16.00%	103 0.10%	55
General Ledger	672	Down -53 places-53	£60,000	-7.69%	102 0.10%	80
Italian Language	678	Down -29 places-29	£55,000	-24.13%	96 0.097%	50
Brand Awareness	682	Down -77 places-77	£55,000	+83.33%	92 0.093%	47
Japanese Language	689	Down -30 places-30	£56,450	-5.91%	85 0.086%	22
Mandarin Language	690	Down -56 places-56	£47,500	-28.30%	84 0.085%	25
Portuguese Language	691	Down -27 places-27	£58,250	+100.86%	83 0.084%	17
Digital Healthcare	692	Down -29 places-29	£60,000	-7.69%	82 0.083%	26